The two crashes happened in 2018 and 2019 and left 346 people dead.

Boeing is set to enter into a non-prosecution agreement in the fatal crashes of two 737 Max aircraft that killed hundreds, the US Department of Justice said.

As part of the deal, Boeing will avoid an upcoming fraud trial that could have resulted in the US aviation giant and defence contractor being labelled a felon. The deal includes the company admitting to obstructing federal aviation officials and paying $1.1 billion in fines.

The two crashes, in 2018 and 2019, left 346 people dead.

The government said it had conferred with families of crash victims, and said many either supported or did not oppose the deal. Some families, however, have expressed outrage at the prospect of such a deal.

  • altphoto@lemmy.today
    2·
    5 天前

    The deal: upgrade the newly donated plane with gold toilet seats…one for men, one for women specifically.

    As an extra, add a urinal in the men’s bathroom. Side to side with the toilet.

  • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
    102·
    9 天前

    In my life, we went from corporations not being people, to corporations being people, to corporations being too big to fail, to corporations being flat out above the law.

    • CatherineLily@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      331·
      9 天前

      Meh, corporations have gotten away with committing crimes for a long time. DuPont knowingly used harmful chemicals in their products for half a century and got a slap on the wrist for their actions.

      • anon6789@lemmy.world
        13·
        9 天前

        Nah, then they’d remember the East India Company.

        It just takes enough time to go by that society forgets about this kind of thing and it can rise up from the ashes again.

        The Pinkertons or military being deployed on strikers wasn’t all that long ago historically, but long enough that most of us don’t feel it could happen now.

          • HellsBelleOPEnglish
            5·
            8 天前

            That’s because the generation who fought in that war is almost gone and we’ve collectively forgotten just how bad a world war really is.

  • atzanteolEnglish
    591·
    9 天前

    Last year, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to criminal fraud in a settlement to avoid trials, but the agreement was rejected by a federal judge who cited concerns that race-based considerations under Biden -era DEI policies would be used in selecting an independent monitor in charge of overseeing Boeing’s compliance.

    Umm… What?

    • Archangel@lemm.ee
      211·
      9 天前

      Can’t let a “colored person” tell them what to do, now…can they? That’d just be “unnatural”. /s

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        9 天前

        A couple hundred grand maybe? It doesn’t take much to make a plane non-airworthy, but after the first two or three you’d definitely have the attention of law enforcement. You’d have to do all of them at once if you wanted to get them all, and that’s going to be significantly more expensive.

      • Archangel@lemm.ee
        4·
        9 天前

        How much you got? Just empty your pockets there on the table, and we’ll see what that gets you.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
    18·
    8 天前

    The government said it had conferred with families of crash victims, and said many either supported or did not oppose the deal. Some families, however, have expressed outrage at the prospect of such a deal.

    Yeah, they are all outraged, it’s okay to say that your US government is lying

  • DominusOfMegadeus
    18·
    9 天前

    I would like to commit some enormous crimes and avoid trials and convictions as well.

    I am untethered, and my rage knows no bounds.

    • Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world
      1·
      7 天前

      If you don’t make enough money from your crimes they will put you in jail.

      If you are successful enough in your criminal enterprises, you get a finger waved at you instead.

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
    172·
    9 天前

    Hopefully other countries realize the danger Boeing presents and stops buying them or allowing them in their airspace.

  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
    13·
    8 天前

    A non-prosecution agreement… Meaning that they knew they were criminally negligent and decided to bribe their way out of it.

  • Archangel@lemm.ee
    12·
    9 天前

    What…did they have to donate a couple million to Trump’s birthday parade fund, or something? All’s forgiven, as long as you give us all your money?